It has an ocean-front view, a private beach–and a deadly secret that won’t stay buried.
No. 7 Ocean Drive is a gorgeous, multi-million-dollar beachfront estate in the Hamptons, where money and privilege know no bounds. But its beautiful gothic exterior hides a horrific past: it was the scene of a series of depraved killings that have never been solved. Neglected, empty, and rumored to be … rumored to be cursed, it’s known as the Murder House, and locals keep their distance.
Detective Jenna Murphy used to consider herself a local, but she hasn’t been back since she was a girl. Trying to escape her troubled past and rehabilitate a career on the rocks, the former New York City cop hardly expects her lush and wealthy surroundings to be a hotbed of grisly depravity. But when a Hollywood power broker and his mistress are found dead in the abandoned Murder House, the gruesome crime scene rivals anything Jenna experienced in Manhattan. And what at first seems like an open and shut case turns out to have as many shocking secrets as the Murder House itself, as Jenna quickly realizes that the mansion’s history is much darker than even the town’s most salacious gossips could have imagined. As more bodies surface, and the secret that Jenna has tried desperately to escape closes in on her, she must risk her own life to expose the truth–before the Murder House claims another victim.
Full of the twists and turns that have made James Patterson the world’s #1 bestselling writer, THE MURDER HOUSE is a chilling, page-turning story of murder, money, and revenge.
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I was a little disappointed in this book.
Kept me guessing until the end!
Always changing!!!
It’s Patterson. Every book he writes is exceptional
Typical Patterson! Couldn’t put the book down.
Great story built around an abandoned mansion where the male heirs had all met a grisly death. The ending was surprising but fit with the plot, Characters are believable and the action keeps you turning the pages to see what’s next.
James Paterson has written another book that , once you start reading, you can’t put it down.
Great book!!
Love all his books
hard to get into.
James Patterson knows how to write great books and this one is no exception. The characters and great and the twists and turns in the plot are definitely well worth the read.
Love this book! One of Patterson’s best.
Great book!
Very twisty, kept me guessing who-dunnit.
James Patterson is just a master story teller. Just when you think you have it figured out, he throws you a curve. Great suspense, murder, mystery.
I read a lot of his books, this one was one of the better ones.
Very captivating! I couldn’t put it down! I thought it was predictable though. I had most of it figured out a little over half way through. That didn’t stop me from finishing the book because there was a slight doubt that I was wrong.
This book is another great Patterson page turner, twists and turns and not an ending you expect. Enjoy
A great beach read! Detective Murphy’s life keeps getting more and more complicated as she tries to solve a series of murders. As obstacles arise, she has to think her way out of trouble, which makes her a smart and creative character. Murder House is a fun and exciting read.
I don’t know why I was expecting something phenomenal, but I suppose the >4 star rating suggested The Murder House was a better than average effort from a novelist who churns out an astonishing number of novels a year. I give it three stars because it was solidly constructed, but in my opinion it was regrettably simplistic and overall forgettable. The repetition and exhaustive description left absolutely nothing to the imagination.
I love a novel with a character or two I can relate to or at least cheer for. The main character here, Jenna Murphy, was a hot mess and hardly relatable. She has a serious impulse control problem and seems almost hysterical at times, not exactly “instinctive cop” material. I wanted to like, or at least understand, her but it never happened. Instead I spent a lot of time shaking my head or rolling my eyes.
I stuck it out just to get to the big “whodunit” revelation, but I doubt I’ll pick up another James Patterson book any time soon. There are too many authors out there reinventing genres and inspiring us with mind-blowingly unique ideas. Why waste time on and encourage such formulaic and utterly predictable mediocrity?